Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 12:16:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 12:15:55 -0400 Received: from e21.nc.us.ibm.com ([32.97.136.227]:58080 "EHLO e21.nc.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 12:15:45 -0400 Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 09:14:46 -0700 From: Mike Kravetz To: Hubertus Franke Cc: Mike Kravetz , lse-tech@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: CPU affinity & IPI latency Message-ID: <20010716091446.B1186@w-mikek2.des.beaverton.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from frankeh@us.ibm.com on Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 11:25:21PM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 11:25:21PM -0400, Hubertus Franke wrote: > > Mike, could we utilize the existing mechanism such as has_cpu. > I like it. Especially the way you eliminated the situation where we would have multiple tasks waiting for schedule. Hope this is not a frequent situation!!! The only thing I don't like is the use of has_cpu to prevent the task from being scheduled. Right now, I can't think of any problems with it. However, in the past I have been bit by using fields for purposes other than what they were designed for. -- Mike Kravetz mkravetz@sequent.com IBM Linux Technology Center - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/